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English
Verb
feel one's way (third-person singular simple present feels one's way, present participle feeling one's way, simple past and past participle felt one's way)
- To proceed by touch rather than sight; to feel around.
- (idiomatic) To do by guesswork, erring on the side of caution.
- Synonym: fly blind
Translations
to proceed by touch rather than sight
Further reading
- “feel one's way”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
- “feel one's way”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
- “feel one's way”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
- “feel your way”, in Cambridge English Dictionary, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: Cambridge University Press, 1999–present.
- “feel your way” (US) / “feel your way” (UK) in Macmillan English Dictionary.
- “feel one's way”, in Collins English Dictionary.